Mar 15, 2019
ET TU, FRANCE…FASCISTS ISLAMISTS AND ANTISEMITISM
WHEN A BLACK RAPPER AND A FASCIST SHARE A TABLE TO DENOUNCE THE JEWS AS WELL AS THE ISLAMISTS HIJACKING POPULAR PROTEST THE YELLOW VESTS...ANTI SEMITISM IS WELL AND ALIVE…
Stories
Field notes from the road
Medicine, culture, travel, food, healing, and human stories from my archive. Start with a trail, search for a memory, or move by year.
Roads, meals, clinics, and human encounters.Archive into inquiry
These field notes are not only memory. They are the ground from which my new field inquiries begin.
The current inquiry follows one trail through the archive: food culture, metabolic health, Indigenous knowledge, and Suriname.
Aug 15, 2018
LONG JOURNEY FROM MIAMI FLORIDA TO QUIBERON BRITTANY FRANCE
If not for a turn of fate, France would have not been in my worldview. During the time I studied in London, did not have much of a desire to…
Aug 15, 2018
QUIBERON A LOVELY VILLAGE AT THE WEST END OF FRANCE
Original Blogger URL: https://medicoanthropologist.blogspot.com/2018/08/quiberon-lovely-village-at-west-end-of.html
Aug 15, 2018
PABLO NERUDA IN QUIBERON, BRITTANY, FRANCE
The beautiful peninsula of Quiberon in Brittany in the west of France attracts many visitors mostly French and it is a favourite spot for grandparents who may have homes here…
Mar 15, 2018
TRAVEL TO FRANCE THIS SUMMER MAY NOT BE ADVISABLE
French President Emmanuel Macron wanted to make some changes to the labour laws and his efforts are being resisted to the hilt by the labour unions and they have called…
Sep 15, 2017
JE SUIS JUIF ESPAGNOL SONG BY ENRICO MACIAS ALGERIA MADE HIM A REFUGEE IN FRANCE
I have flown this route many a times, and each time I pass over Constantine, I cannot help think of the Algerian Jews made homeless and made into refugees by…
Jul 15, 2016
QUIBERON IN FRANCE TO THE OMAHA INDIANS OF NEBRASKA: LIFE IS ALL ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS
Tire-Bouchon is the two carriage train that goes from the popular seaside town of Quiberon to Auray where one can catch major trains to various parts of Brittany as well…
Jul 15, 2016
LA HABANA, CUBA TO QUIBERON, FRANCE: NOT THE MOST DIRECT ROUTE: IN PICTURES
I am fond of trying circuitous routes to reach my destination, and I will document one such here: From Havana to Quiberon, in France. If you want to go the…
Jan 15, 2016
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2016 FROM THE WILD COAST OF QUIBERON IN BRITTANY, FRANCE
Walking along the windswept coast of this village which has become a tourist destination for the French, I couldnt but think of the poems of Pablo Neruda who had described…
Jan 15, 2016
FOOD AS CELEBRATION: NEW YEARS EVE IN QUIBERON, BRITTANY, FRANCE
FOOD AS A CELEBRATION: NEW YEARS EVE IN QUIBERON, BRITTANY, FRANCE. When you are working with the American Indians, one becomes aware of the superficial and deep symbolism attached to…
Dec 15, 2015
YVES BERTHOU AND PRANAYAMA: AN ANTHROPOLOGIST IN BRITTANY, FRANCE
YVES BERTHOU AND PRANAYAMA Most people in the west are now aware of the Yogic Breathing, Pranayama, which is used for relaxation as well as treatment for some of the…
Sep 15, 2012
HAPPY NEW YEAR L’SHANAH TOVAH TO ALL MY FRIENDS IN CUBA, INDONESIA, INDIAN COUNTRY, USA, FRANCE etc
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE SHANA TOVA FROM MIAMI HA OLAM, LAND OF THE FREE, HOME OF THE SLAVES ADON OLAM, HELP US SAVE OUR FRIENDS FROM…
Aug 15, 2012
LIFESTYLE CHANGES: LESSONS FROM INDONESIA AND FRANCE
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE LIFESTYLE CHANGES: LESSONS FROM FRANCE AND INDONESIA Currently Lifestyle changes as a remedy is being touted all over the world, in print…
Mar 15, 2012
AU REVOIR, FRANCE.. I WANT TO GO HOME
This morning the sun has risen and a bright morning is in store.. Just exactly one week ago, around this time, in Toulouse, a father took his two children to…
Mar 15, 2012
19 March 2012 Toulouse, France and I am suddenly so alone
During this day of immense sadness, what comes to my mind is a poem by Pablo Neruda Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE “It was half past eleven…
Jan 15, 2012
NICE END OF THE YEAR 2011 QUIBERON FRANCE
What a lovely way to end the year 2011 It is a cold but not an unbearable day, I do miss the blue skies of the cold days of the…
Dec 15, 2011
Touching to learn about Mr Sardari Iranian Diplomat in wartime France
This Iranian Diplomat saved the lives of thousands of Jews by confusing the Nazis by convincing them that Iranian Jews are of Aryan Origin and made them declare Iranian Jews…
Sep 15, 2011
Best Work Cafeteria Food.. where else but in France?
France is truly a very advanced country when it comes to taking care of the health and welfare of its citizens. Where in the world would you find employers providing…